Jazzkia
They Love to make Music Miles
Jazzkia is Saskia Laroo’s Jazz Quartet and featuring a multi-national cast of jazz and cross-over musicians. They have toured across the world, curiously exploring new sound and groove combinations of electric and acoustic music with respect to tradition.
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Repertoire
Famous straight-ahead jazz sandarts, plus specially selected compositions from Saskia's pen
Line Up
4 (+ guests)
press quotes
“She plays the trumpet with pleasant easyness”
By Maartje den Breejen, Het Parool, March 31, 2008.
"Her harmon mute playing on Blackbird managed to suggest [Miles] Davis without attempting to imitate him."
By Don Heckman, in LA Times. December, 2000.
"Her muted trumpet may remind you of Miles, but the style and improv are strictly that of a rising star in the jazz world."
By Arthur C. Bourassa, in Jazz Now. November, 1999.
By Maartje den Breejen, Het Parool, March 31, 2008.
"Her harmon mute playing on Blackbird managed to suggest [Miles] Davis without attempting to imitate him."
By Don Heckman, in LA Times. December, 2000.
"Her muted trumpet may remind you of Miles, but the style and improv are strictly that of a rising star in the jazz world."
By Arthur C. Bourassa, in Jazz Now. November, 1999.